Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Deme

Ivana Domljanovic is addressing the limitations of mammography screenings for breast cancer by inventing a DNA origami nanosensor for rapid, accurate, safe, and cost-effective screening and monitoring. The technology focuses on detecting breast cancer in its early stages by measuring circulating miRNA biomarkers, with the potential to advance molecular diagnostics…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Eric Isaacs, digital participants had the chance to discuss and ask questions. The interview series provided an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2021 focused on their individual research, career paths and experiences.…

Nominated by: Ruhr-Universität Bochum Presented by: Alexander Kanitz

Frontiers for Young Minds is a unique science journal for kids, in which each article is peer reviewed by young students aged 8-15. We publish clear, engaging science, written by top researchers, to inform and inspire the next generation of scientists and engaged citizens of tomorrow. Fully and freely accessible,…

Ayitévi F. E. Hounou-Adossi’s vision is to use information and communication technologies to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities through simple actions that everyone must know and can do.

How Social Analysis Sheds Light on the Edges of Society The last two decades have seen a sharp growth in the number of people who have been driven out of human livelihoods and framings that protect their basic needs and rights. Among the expelled are the growing numbers of displaced…

By exploring the nano-world in real-time with X-rays of PETRA III, a team of KTH (Stockholm) and DESY produced an ultra-strong material that is made of bio-degradable cellulose nanofibres, the essential building blocks of wood. The novel production method transfers the exceptional properties of these nanofibres to the macroscopic, lightweight…

The nominating institution Forschungszentrum Jülich on the breakthrough: With quantum computing we face the beginning of a paradigm shift in computer science and scientific computing, which can considerably change science, industry, economy and our every-day life. The demonstration of quantum supremacy, which required a sufficiently large quantum processor with a…

The nominating institution Nanyang Technological University on the breakthrough: Significant progress has been made in developing bioinspired sensors and actuators based on synthetic materials, although there remains a critical need to incorporate cost-effective and ecofriendly materials. Naturally abundant pollen grains were used as a material template to produce a paper-like…